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Genesis
22:1-19. OFFERING ISAAC.
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Verse 1. God did tempt
Abraham--not incite to sin (Jas
1:13), but try, prove--give occasion for the
development of his faith (1Pe
1:7).
and he said,
. . . Here I am--ready at a moment's
warning for God's service.
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Verse 2. Take now thy son,
&c.--Every circumstance mentioned was calculated to
give a deeper stab to the parental bosom. To lose his
only son, and by an act of his own hand, too!--what a
host of conflicting feelings must the order have raised!
But he heard and obeyed without a murmur (Ga
1:16; Lu 14:26).
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Verse 3. Abraham rose
. . . early, &c.--That there might be
no appearance of delay or reluctance on his part, he
made every preparation for the sacrifice before setting
out--the materials, the knife, and the servants to
convey them. From Beer-sheba to Moriah, a journey of two
days, he had the painful secret pent up in his bosom. So
distant a place must have been chosen for some important
reason. It is generally thought that this was one the
hills of Jerusalem, on which the Great Sacrifice was
afterwards offered.
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Verse 4. on the third day Abraham
lifted up his eyes, &c.--Leaving the servants at
the foot [Ge
22:5], the father and son ascended the hill, the one
bearing the knife, and the other the wood for consuming
the sacrifice [Ge
22:6]. But there was no victim; and to the question
so naturally put by Isaac [Ge
22:7], Abraham contented himself by replying, "My
son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering." It has been supposed that the design of this
extraordinary transaction was to show him, by action
instead of words, the way in which all the families of
the earth should be blessed; and that in his answer to
Isaac, he anticipated some substitution. It is more
likely that his words were spoken evasively to his son
in ignorance of the issue, yet in unbounded confidence
that that son, though sacrificed, would, in some
miraculous way, be restored (Heb
11:19).
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Verse 9. Abraham built an
altar, &c.--Had not the patriarch been sustained
by the full consciousness of acting in obedience to
God's will, the effort would have been too great for
human endurance; and had not Isaac, then upwards of
twenty years of age displayed equal faith in submitting,
this great trial could not have gone through.
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Verse 11, 12. the angel
. . . called, &c.--The sacrifice was
virtually offered--the intention, the purpose to do it,
was shown in all sincerity and fulness. The Omniscient
witness likewise declared His acceptance in the highest
terms of approval; and the apostle speaks of it as
actually made (Heb
11:17; Jas 2:21).
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Verse 13-19. Abraham lifted up his
eyes . . . and behold . . . a
ram, &c.--No method was more admirably
calculated to give the patriarch a distinct idea of the
purpose of grace than this scenic representation: and
hence our Lord's allusion to it (Joh
8:56).
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Bibliography
Information
Jamieson, Robert,
D.D. "Commentary on Genesis 22". "Commentary Critical and
Explanatory
on the Whole Bible".
<http://www.studylight.org/com/jfb/view.cgi?book=ge&chapter=22>.
1871.
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